. International field will assemble for British 

mid-am stroke play at Hollinwell

NEWS RELEASE

Seventy-five of Europe’s top male mid-amateur golfers will assemble at Hollinwell (Notts) Golf Club between May 22 and 24 to contest a new event called The Mid Amateur Stroke Play Championship of Great Britain.

The event will be 54 holes of stroke play over 3 days and will be open to all male golfers of any nationality aged over 35 years on 23^rd May 2016 and with an official, active handicap of 9.4 or less. Such was the interest for this event that a handicap ballot had to be used to bring the entrants (120+) down to 75 with the ballot falling at 3.5 and with over 40% of the filed at scratch or better.

“Since the R and A removed the British Mid-Amateur from the championship rota in 2007, there has been a gap left for a national title. The English Mid Amateur (The Logan) was the only national event but now there is The Scottish, Welsh and new “British” event as it is being called,” said Jason Morris, Golf Director at The Mid Amateur Golf Tour. 

 “We are thrilled that the new event has been so well supported. We have players from all over the UK, Europe, USA and the Far East.” 

The event is on the WAGR (World Amateur Golf Ranking) probationary list and it is hoped that it will have full status as a WAGR event in 2017 and beyond.

“We are hoping that over the next few years the four  Mid Amateur Majors (The English, Welsh, Scottish and British) will act as a showcase for the considerable talent in the over 35 ranks and it is hoped that they will be used as part of the selection process for the Concession Cup held bi-annually in America,” added Jason.

The Mid Amateur Golf Tour is now in its 6^th year and has over 25 events throughout the year across the UK at courses such as Sunningdale, Hankley Common, Woodhall Spa, Hollinwell, Ganton, Sheringham, Ashridge, North Hants, Rye and Littlestone to name a few, with a lot of events run on a first come first served basis with no ballot. 

There is also a year-long scratch and nett Order of Merit with the top players proceeding to a finals day, this year at Aldeburgh Golf Club in Suffolk.

Full details are available on the recently re-launched MAGT web site (www.midamgolf.co.uk)

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